Coin container



March 5, 1929. D. F.. EARL GOIN CONTAINER Filed July 14. 192? lmvefiiam' Dow aid FY1521?" 019/97 am g? 8 Patented Mar, 5, 1929.

DONALD r. EARL, or rnrinosn, MASSACHUSETTS.

com CONTAINER.

Application filed July 14,

This invention relates to coin Containers or banks and its object is to provide a novel container having, among others, the novel features and advantages hereinafterpointed out and claimed.

In. the drawings of one embodiment of my invention selected for illustration and description herein,

Fig. 1 a front elevation;

Fig. 2, a bottom view;

Fig.3, a similar view with the plate removed; Fig. l, an end elevation;

Fig, 5, a vertical section on the line 55, Fig, 2, showing the bottom plate, the lock, and rear wall. broken away;

Fig. 6, a front elevation of the chamber forming wall member;- 1 i 7, a lower face view of the coin slot guard; and

Fig. 8, a front'edge view of the same.

My novel coin container, Figs. 1, 2, comprises a case a of any suitable material as bottom sheet metal, which is preferably fashioned;

as shown, as by being struck up from a flat sheet. The container, Fig. 2, has a substantially fiat rear wall 1, curvilinear end walls 2, 3, corresponding generally to the curveof the particular coin to be received by each, end of the container. For instance, the container, Figs. 1,2, 3, at its right hand end is designed to receive half dollars, while its opposite end will receive uarter dollars, and the front wall between tie ends is also fashioned tov provide panels or areas 3, 1, both in general outline and in radius or curve corresponding in size to the two chambers to be formed thereat for the reception of, in this case, dimes and nickelsrespectively.

The coin chamber 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Fig. 3, are completed by the insertion in the case, Figs; 3, 6, of a coin chamber wall member I). This member is fashioned to provide arcurate wall sections 11, 12, 13, 14, eachgof which cooperates with the wall sections 1,

2, 3, land 5 to form the several chan'ibers referred to above.

This wall. member 6 is also preferably fashioned from a plate of sheet metal folded upon itself to form the curved chamber wall sections 11 to 14, with the container wall arcuate grooved supporting edges 15, 16, 17 which fit respectively against and ;receive cooperatively shaped concave shell sections 18, 19, 20, in the front wall of the container.

The ends 21, 22 of the wall member 7), Fi

1927. Serial No. 205,697.

3, rest against the inner face of the rear wall of the container and the curved end wall 2 respectively. The wall member is provided near each end with a strut 23 which seats against the rear container wall, and the wall member is generally outwardly convex in its outline, thus formin the chamber 10 referred to, back of the chambers 7, 8, without materially increasing the depth of the shell as a whole. It will be noted that this wall member thus acts as a support. or truss member for both the front and rear walls of the case, providing the necessary support therefor in each direction against accidental injury compression or crushing from any cause. p i The rear container wall 1, Fig. 3, is provided with a suitablev slot 24:, see dotted lines, for the chamber10, to receive pennies,

whilethefront wall,:Fig. 1, is provided also with four slots 25, 26,27, 28, to receive quarters, .niclrels, dimes and half dollars respectively. The front outside wall face 18 alsoprovided beneath, the respective slots referred to with a series of computing lines 29 and figures 30 adjacent a vertical slot 31 by means of which the contents of each chamber can be seen and the amount com-- puted. 1 The slot 31 however extends only a portion. of the height of each chamber and is interrupted midway of its length and three round apertures substituted for the slot at that point, the center aperture rcgistering with the figure representing one-half the total capacity of the particular chamher to which it refers. Thus on the first or left hand chamberwall the figureB opposite the center slot represents three dollars or .iust half the capacity ofthat chamber, so

that even should the figures be worn off the surface of the shell the round center aperture in each case will show whether or not the coins in any particular compartment total one-half the capacity of thecompartment.

chamber-without unlockingjthe container, it is provided, Fig. 7 with a coin guard plate 34 also preferably struck up from sheet metal f j This plate conforms ingeneral outline to the containertop and is held closely against its lower face by the wall member Z), and to which,.or the top,-it is securedby anymeans To prevent removal of coins from either,

if desired. The guard is slit appropriately, Fig. 7, across its face several times to provide, Fig. 8, tongues. 35, 36, 37, 88, which are sprung up and fashioned to hang down just below the level oi the slots 25 to 28, and yield sufliciently under pressure of coins pushed through the slots to permit the coins to enter the chambers. The tongues are, iowever, su'lheiently long so that when they yield far enough to permit coins to enter the slots, the ends of the tongues will contact With the forward container well, thus guarding against the :[lnttenii out of the tongues under pressiu'e of? a l n e blade or screw drir r inserted through the slots to permit the extrac ion oi? the coins from the container.

The bottom of the coi'itainer comprises a plate 40, Figs. 2, 5, of suitable thickness and appropriate outline. One end of the plate is provided with a slot ll, to receive a lip 42 on the inner face elf the end Wall 2 of the container, While the opposite plate end is reduced in thickness to receive a lock 453, the bolt H of which, when thrown out, overlies a lip 45 on the inner face of the container end Wall 3, the lock being); operable by a suitable key through the keyhole 46.

My novel container shell is light in Weight and is simple and inexpensive to constrni'zt,

as it may be struck up from a sheet of material. The chamber wall member rein forces the and being all Oil one piece is easy and convenient to assemble therewith.

The convex front wall curved to correspond to the shape of the coins to be inserted therethrough has an important psychological value as a permanent suggestion to the depositor to deposit additional coins, and coins of greater denomination, and thereby fill the container earlier.

My invention is not limited to the precise en'ibodiuient thereof herein described, and I claim:

A coin container having a substantially flat back section, curvilinear end sections, a front subshuitnrlly convex section, comprising a plurality of sinallcrconvex panels, ouch of which form part of a coin chamber; and a, cu'rved shell supportii'ig chamber 'l"-: rining lDQll'llJGi' fashioned and bent upon itself to harm a plurality of curved chamber Walls and a plurality of curved shell receiving supports cooperating with the front shell. wall to term the, coin chambers; and a plural of tangential struts engaging the rear shell wall to also'cooperate in forming coin chambers. i i

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

DONALD F. EARL. 

